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A small feeding trial was started with twenty young Beveren rabbits, aged approximately ten weeks old. These were divided into two similar groups ; the control group received grass as their green-food, and the other group received green rhubarb leaves (cut twice weekly), which they cleared satisfactorily by the fourth day. Both lots were also fed a basal allowance of growers meal mash, containing 1-8 percent calcium, and water daily. Hay was given twice weekly.
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Feeding Rhubarb Leaves v. Grass. Nature 158, 68 (1946). https://doi.org/10.1038/158068a0
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